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For most of the Fifties, Haley was a presence on the record charts with and in teen-oriented movies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"joeys-song-ooh-look-a-there-aint-she-pretty","title":"Joey's Song\/ Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty","description":"\u003cp\u003eA side is an instrumental written by and named after Joe Reisman.  Flip is a more typical Comets rockabilly number.  All wrapped up in a Decca vintage factory sleeve!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48513242923241,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/bhaley1.gif?v=1752162052"},{"product_id":"were-gonna-rock-around-the-clock-thirteen-women-and-only-one-man-in-town-1","title":"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock\/ Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Decca 29124. 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In fact, it was the biggest of over a dozen #1 hits for Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. Jordan's music was so universally admired and loved that, despite being a black man in a time of rampant racism in the U.S. record industry (and generally), he had a string of top 10 hits on the Billboard pop chart in the 1940s. \"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie\" made it to #7 pop. This is a copy on the black Decca label with silver print.  The vinyl looks nearly untouched, the labels have some sticker residue, and the audio, gratefully, is pristine Mint!  All this wrapped in a Decca vintage sleeve!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48514907406569,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/R-2356030-1279212861_b3c1a993-114d-47b2-a07f-45f757a5be02.jpg?v=1772790273"},{"product_id":"i-got-a-woman-charmaine","title":"I Got A Woman\/ Charmaine","description":"The A side is a surprisingly imaginative cover of the Ray Charles classic. 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I'm tempted to grade the audio pristine Mint, because it's very close on both sides; Near Mint is conservative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48516160225513,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/billhaley24.jpg?v=1752215944"},{"product_id":"see-you-later-alligator-the-paper-boy-on-main-street-u-s-a-4","title":"See You Later, Alligator\/ The Paper Boy (On Main Street, U.S.A.)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a beautiful copy of the early pressing with the black Decca label that has silver, curved stripes around a star. Note: This 45 record comes in a vintage Decca Records factory sleeve. 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The 45 EP record itself has Near Mint labels and vinyl, which has just a few light scuffs. The audio sounds Near Mint as well, with a minimum of surface noise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48538586251497,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/billhaley33_ps.jpg?v=1752243105"},{"product_id":"for-your-dance-party-ep-1","title":"For Your Dance Party (EP)","description":"Here's a beautiful copy of this rare 1954 EP with four great early Haley tunes on the Essex label (orange) (before he moved to Decca) and a to-die-for EP cover sleeve. 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The picture cover is Near Mint with light storage wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544007028969,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/billhaley32_ps_cb59c2fe-8125-492b-8d54-a0bb1f41d7f5.jpg?v=1752243772"},{"product_id":"for-your-dance-party-ep-2","title":"For Your Dance Party (EP)","description":"This special Extended Play (EP) 45 record has four songs from. The picture cover has a classic 1950s graphic that says it all! 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The record has some underlying surface noise consistent with this era of recording, but is a joy to listen to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48567810064617,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/billhaleydiscep.jpg?v=1752255165"},{"product_id":"r-o-c-k-the-saints-rock-n-roll","title":"R-O-C-K\/ The Saints Rock 'n Roll","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an especially beautiful copy of the original 1956 release, on the black Decca label with silver print and a star under the label name.  Both songs hits in their own right, with \"Rock\" being from the movie \"Rock Around The Clock\" starring Alan Freed.   The B-side label has some sticker residue, but otherwise the labels are bright and shiny.   The audio is Mint and the vinyl is close to that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Haley and His Comets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48567831199977,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/saintsrock.jpg?v=1752255831"},{"product_id":"crazy-man-crazy-whatcha-gonna-do-3","title":"Crazy Man, Crazy\/ Whatcha Gonna Do","description":"If you've ever doubted that Bill Haley was a Rockabilly visionary—probably the first one—you won't after taking a listen to this single. This was Haley \u0026amp; the Comets very first chart record, which was a hit a full year before Elvis Presley \u0026amp; his band recorded the rockabilly classic \"That's All Right\" at Sun Studios. On this early single, Bill Haley's group are listed as \"Haley's Comets.\" Also of interest is that both songs are penned by Haley, unlike most of his later singles. 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